1865. } DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE MUSTELID. 105 
The specimen is not in a good state; the fur is evidently in 
change, the tail being slender, with a long terminal pencil. It is 
most distinct from the specimen of M. melanopus. In the Museum 
collection the upper tubercular grinder is smaller than in the M. 
 abietum, and is much larger than in M. americana. 
There is an indistinct patch of paler hairs in the front of the ear, 
on the left side, not seen on the other; the pale brown on the chest 
is marked with some small dark spots on the lower part. The skull, 
and especially the brain-case, is broader, compared with its length, 
than that of Martes abietum and M. zibellina, and is intermediate 
in form between them and M. foina. 
3. MArTES BRACHYURA. Gezolen. 
Fur short, fine, close, pale brown ; tail short ; ears small, rounded, 
whitish ; feet very hairy. 
Length, body 16-17 inches ; tail 33 inches. 
Mustela brachyura, Temm. Fauna Japon. 33; Schrenck, Amur- 
land, 32. 
Hab. Japan, near Zezo, and the Kurile Islands (Siebold). 
Described from flat skins in Mus. Leyden. 
4, MartTes MELANOPUus. Japanese Sable. B.M. 
Fur soft, yellow brown; underside scarcely paler; orbit, and streak 
from orbit to nose, and feet blackish ; crown of head paler; sides of 
nose, cheeks, and throat white. 
Martes (Melampus) meianopus, Gray, C.L. B.M., 63; Ger- 
rard, Cat. Bones B. M. 91. 
Mustela melanopus, Temm. Fauna Japon. 31, t. 7. f. 3,4, animal 
and skull; Wagner, Schreb. Supp. ii. 
Hab. Japan. 
5. MusTeLa zZIBELLINA, Linn. Sable. 
Fur very soft, black, grey, or yellow brown ; throat like back, or 
paler yellowish or whitish ; feet very hairy. 
a. Fur blackish, with a few white scattered hairs; under-fur 
lead-colour ; head and chin greyish, grizzled with pale grizzly 
hairs. B.M. 
M. zibellina asiatica, Brandt, Zobel, t. 1. 
6. Fur blackish, with many white hairs ; under-fur whitish ; orbit, 
cheeks, throat and chest whitish. B.M. 
M. zibellina asiatica rupestris, Brandt, Zobel, t. 2. f. 
ce. Yellow brown ; under-fur yellowish white ; head, upper parts 
of body, neck, throat, and chest whitish ; legs, feet, and tail 
darker. 4 {BEM 
M. zibellina asiatica, Brandt, Zobel, t. 2. f. 4. 
d. Yellowish brown ; under fur of same colour; ears and checks 
whitish ; tail dusky, darker; feet blackish. B.M. 
M. zibellina sylvestris, Brandt, Zobel, t. 2. f. 4. 
